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Hong Kong plans more cameras at illegal dumping hotspots following success of HK$1.2 million pilot scheme

Trial ran from December 2016 to June and saw improved hygiene conditions at all six locations involved

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The Pak Sha Tsuen refuse collection point in Shap Pat Heung before the pilot scheme began. Photo: Handout
Ernest Kao

Hong Kong hygiene authorities are proposing to install surveillance cameras at illegal dumping black spots in all 18 districts in the city, extending a successful six-month pilot scheme.

The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said the cameras had proven their “deterrent effect” and helped improve hygiene conditions at the six black spots in the original trial.

“Given the encouraging results, we are considering gradually extending the pilot scheme to other districts on a trial basis for one year,” the department said in a Legislative Council paper, adding that other district councils had requested that internet protocol cameras be installed at their black spots.
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Unlike analogue closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras, the IP cameras used in the trial can send live data over the web.

The Pak Sha Tsuen refuse collection point in Shap Pat Heung after the pilot scheme began. Photo: Handout
The Pak Sha Tsuen refuse collection point in Shap Pat Heung after the pilot scheme began. Photo: Handout
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The HK$1.2 million pilot scheme ran for six months, from December last year to June this year. IP cameras were deployed at two refuse deposit black spots each in Central and Western, Sham Shui Po and Yuen Long districts.

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